COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Assisted Living Communities and Personal Care Homes with 25 beds+ Grant

This grant program supports licensed Assisted Living Communities and Personal Care Homes with 25 beds or more that provide services to prevent and mitigate COVID-19 to the public. The grant program will be available through the Coronavirus SLFRF provided in the ARPA legislation and will allow reimbursements for costs incurred beginning on March 3, 2021, and ending December 1, 2022.

Expenses eligible for reimbursement are limited to those incurred to comply with Section 4.0 Testing Requirements and Guidance or Section 6.0 Considerations for Assisted Living Communities and Personal Care Homes of the Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening Guidance provided in the  Georgia Department of Public Health Administrative Order updated October 6, 2021. Examples of eligible expenses include those made to:

• Antigen, PCR and Serology Tests
• Mandatory Baseline Testing.
• Purchases of personal protective equipment
• Support for isolation or quarantine
• Ventilation improvements

The facilities that receive this grant will need to provide documentation to support the request for reimbursement of expenses as well as certify the expenses were necessary for the prevention or mitigation of COVID 19 in their facility

The facilities will also certify they will not use the proceeds of the grant to reimburse expenses that have been reimbursed from other sources or that other sources are obligated to reimburse.